Trayvon Martin Might Have a WHAT Named in His Honor?

*A trustee for the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona wants to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin by naming an asteroid after him.

William Lowell Putnam III told the Arizona Daily Sun he wants to place Martin’s name on one of the hundreds of asteroids discovered by the Lowell observatory in 2000.

This is what the proposed citation for 2000 TM61 reads: “Named in memory of Trayvon Martin (1995-2012), a student at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School in Miami, Florida. Unarmed, he was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida, during an altercation with the neighborhood watch coordinator.”

Putman had pushed for the asteroid name last year, but the Minor Planet Center turned down the “premature” submission. Now that the trial has ended and George Zimmerman was acquitted, he is trying again.

Putnam said he wanted to find some way to honor Martin’s legacy.

“As I see it, the social fairness showed to Trayvon Martin was very sadly lacking,” he said. “Inasmuch as I am the sole trustee of an institution which has some naming privileges, I want to do my share to see that this lad is remembered in an appropriate manner.”

MS where is your boy now thug gang banger GZ in jail for trying to beat up his soon to be ex wife and her older father – and of course he had his hand on the gun in Lake Mary FL but he is just so fearful of his life. Living in a 240,000 home at others expense what a leech this man is and Mark O’Mara also in my own personal opinion I must clarified this – before the hounds of come out howling at the moon.

Hmmmm!, Ummmm, GZ was released from cusody, his soon-to-be-ex dropped the charges. A HEMORRHOID would be a more appropriate tribute, but then a gain an asteroid might make sense. Asteroid Trayvon: Little substance, all flash, long tail, that’ll work.

@MS- what do u mean some other gang bangers, etc.? TM wasn’t any of the things u named! U sound like and uneducated, ignorant HATER!!! TM has a mother & father that are out fighting not only for peace for Trayvon, but other children and teens as well! We have to STOP losing our youth and that’s what his parents are rallying for. You couldn’t think of any thing kind to say!! These ppl lost a child senselessly that they LOVED and are trying to save ours! U are dispicable along with prejudice!
I think it is an awesome idea to name an asteroid in memory of TM!!

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